Court idiots

I applaud Montana's legislature for standing up to govt tyranny where it comes to 2nd amendment rights. I think all 50 states should do the same. That said....

But, Montana apparently isn't the bastion of freedom my previous sentence would lead you to believe. A court there has ruled against free speech, which is a constitutional violation imho.

Some kid who was a valedictorian at her high school had to have her speech approved. (When did that start by the way?) And the mentally challenged judge ruled against her 1 mention of Jesus and 1 mention of God, neither in which case was she using in prayer or preaching.

I don't understand how schools can force a valedictorian to allow them to "approve" their speech. That should be considered a violation of their free speech rights to begin with. You would think if a kid was smart enough to be valedictorian, their speech would reflect a little bit of the mental meddle required to give such a speech that would have meaning to the giver as well as the audience. I submit that most valedictorians have more mental meddle than this particular court judge.

Good God, these liberals are killing us!

God never ceases to amaze!

I sat down at my pc this past Saturday to do some work on a church project and flipped the tv on just for the noise. But sometimes, things happen that change your day completely. Apparently, the last time the tv was on, it was on the Fox News Channel (FNC), so that was what I got when powering back on.

To say the least, I was not prepared for what I heard. Before I could spin back around in my chair, a public service announcement came on the air wishing the children of Israel happy new year (Rosh Hashannah). I was just so blessed to hear this as I couldn't believe I just heard this on a national broadcast station, even if it was FNC. As it turns out, Glenn Beck was coming on the air and his monologue was a rerun from Thursday or Friday, but I didn't listen much as I was still in awe of seeing this clip on there for Rosh Hashannah.

Finally, a commercial came on at the end of his monologue and I turned back around to start on my project and I noticed that Beck went to a live segment, or one from a show I had missed. Anyway, in it, he had a guest on (that I can't remember the name of, it may have been George Foreman) and they were discussing the general direction of our great nation. It definitely wasn't the right way, not even considering my opinion of that, as they started mentioning all the problems with obummer's cabinet, plus the acorn scandal and others.

Then, Beck asked his guest a question. He asked "What is wrong with America? What do we need to do about this?" (At least as I remember his questions....) I thought to myself...I know what is wrong...they have abandoned God. They need to turn from their wickedness and get on their knees and ask for forgiveness before God completely forsakes us.

Then, to my amazement, Beck says almost the same exact thing. I was flabbergasted. Twice, in less than an hour, this news network had all but knocked me out of my chair. If I was amazed at the Rosh Hashannah clip, I was blown away by this. I was so wildly blessed, that all I could do was to weep.

Then this morning, I read this blog entry on Big Hollywood from actress Victoria Jackson. Wow, I'm just amazed at how God can lift your spirits up this way. Thank you Lord!

I live for this stuff

Our church is having their annual vacation bible school (VBS) this week, as do most churches. If you don't go to church, this is a great way to get your kids in church and some simple acquaintance with biblical teachings. If you don't go to church, I strongly urge you to find a good church and start attending regularly.

I know I put a lot of political stuff on here, but I do that because this current political climate is not good for me, my family, my friends or my fellow countrymen. It's simply taking our nation down a slippery slope we may never be able to climb back up.

But that aside, if your church is having trouble deciding on what to do for a vacation bible school theme, I'd like to suggest the Creation Museum offering of Operation Space, or the one we did last year, Amazon expedition. Both are fantastic pkgs and are not expensive to get started. If your church has several people who are willing to get pitch in for a small period of time, this can be a great project for your church and your children, which is the future of our churches.

I, no not just me, but we are really excited to see what the museum can come up with next year for a VBS pkg! It will be great, if they're anything like the first 2 they've done.

As for you that don't quite believe all this, you should take the time to find a God fearing church to attend. Yeah, I've heard all the excuses of the church wanting money and fame and brainwashing, etc. But if you've been fooled by these comments, or worse, you've been to a church that actually did these things, then you have been fooled by the devil himself.

He only exists to destroy the church and the people on this planet. He doesn't want us to worship God and he will fill your head with all kinds of ideas and convince you the church and God is your enemy. Please don't fall prey to these ideas.

If you have found a truly God fearing church, then you will finally understand all the blessings and joy that God has for you and your life.

He can take away all the pain and suffering around you and your well being, but you have to first accept that He can.

Email story of the day

This is the email in it's entirety. I encourage you to read it, share it with others and follow God's leading when chosen.



God's 26 Guards


Have you ever felt the urge to pray for someone and
Then just put it on a list and said, 'I'll pray for them later'?
Or has anyone ever called you and said,
'I need you to pray for me, I have this need?

Read the following story that was sent to me and
May it change the way that you may think about prayer
and also the way you pray. You will be blessed by this....

A missionary on furlough told this true story while
Visiting his home church in Michigan .

'While serving at a small field hospital in Africa ,
Every two weeks I traveled by bicycle
Through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies..
This was a journey of two days and
Required camping overnight at the halfway point.

On one of these journeys, I arrived in the city
Where I planned to collect money from a bank,
Purchase medicine, and supplies, and then begin
My two-day journey back to the field hospital.

Upon arrival in the city, I observed two men fighting,
One of whom had been seriously injured.
I treated him for his injuries and at the same time
Talked to him about the Lord.

I then traveled two days, camping overnight, and
Arrived home without incident....

Two weeks later I repeated my journey
Upon arriving in the city,
I was approached by the young man I had treated.
He told me that he had known I carried
Money and medicines.
He said, 'Some friends and I followed you in to the jungle,
Knowing you would camp overnight.
We planned to kill you and take your money and drugs..
But just as we were about to move into your camp,
We saw that you were surrounded by 26 armed guards.

At this, I laughed and said that I was
Certainly all alone in that jungle campsite..
The young man pressed the point, however, and said,
'No, sir, I was not the only person to see the guards,
My friends also saw them, and we all counted them.
It was because of those guards that
We were afraid and left you alone.'

At this point in the sermon,
One of the men in the congregation jumped to his feet and
interrupted the missionary and asked if he could tell him the
exact day this happened.. The missionary told the congregation
the date, and The man who interrupted told him this story:

'On the night of your incident in Africa ,
It was morning here and I was preparing to go play golf.
I was about to putt when I felt the urge to pray for you.
In fact, the urging of the Lord was so strong,
I called men in this church to meet with me here
In the sanctuary to pray for you.

Would all of those men who met with me on that day stand up?'
The men who had met together to pray that day stood up.
The missionary wasn't concerned with whom they were,
He was too busy counting how many men he saw.

There were 26.

This story is an incredible example of how the Spirit of the Lord
moves in behalf of those who love Him.
If you ever feel such prodding to pray, go along with it,
you don't know what it can mean to that person..

Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of hell.
I encourage you to forward this to as many people as you know.
If we all take it to heart,
We can turn this world toward God once again.
As the above true story clearly illustrates,
'With God all things are possible'.

More importantly, how God hears and
Answers the prayers of the faithful.


Who says God does not move on the earth today?

I asked the Lord to bless you as I prayed for you today.
To guide you and protect you as you go along your way.
His love is always with you, His promises are true,
and when we give Him our cares you know
He will see us through.
So when the road you're traveling on seems difficult at best, Just remember
I'm here praying, and
God will do the rest.


I Can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Eulogy for the USA

I found this while looking for something else. I had written it right after last years election procedural failure. I think it's even more relevant now than 6 months ago...

You were born out of sorrow and oppression. For over 2 centuries people from all over the world have risked everything, including their lives to come here, to leave that sorrow and oppression, and be a part of your success. Now, you have now filled your electorate with the very type of people you ran away from to create this once wonderful nation.

What were you thinking?

When the bible tells me 365 separate times to not fear, I will choose to follow that direction. I will not fear, for God is in control. But my heart cries out for this nation and it's people. God has given us the right to choose our destiny and we have poorly chosen.

May He have mercy on us.

The war against Christianity & Judaism

A non Christian government of any kind (except for Israel) cannot sustain itself. Every one of them is doomed to failure. It's because these entities leave God out of the system (and their lives). I'll be blunt and say this: If you don't see and understand this, then you don't see and understand anything for what it truly is.

Christians (and Israelis) know there is a spiritual enemy the rest of the world doesn't know of, or understand. This enemy is more sneaky and underhanded than anyone you've ever met. And this enemy is trying to set up his own government, which since he's the enemy of God, he too is doomed to failure and is determined to take as many people with him as possible.

He's working on setting up a single world system of government to be controlled by one single person. Everyone knows when you have a government with a dictator in place, he rules the roost and anyone that dissents, is expelled, jailed or killed. Simple as that. The one world system will be no different.

However, there are some huge obstacles toward making this happen. One is obviously being a Christian or Israeli nation. The people that follow those teachings know there is an omnipotent God that protects and provides everything they need.

Other obstacles are nations that follow rules of law, not whims of new leaders. Another is economic systems that are self sustaining without the rulers that be having to interfere with their successful operation. Still another is peoples that are trained to defend themselves and their families.

If you are a Christian or an Israeli, then you know why these are systems blessed by God to operate generously for all involved.

Faith of a nation

But let's look at some of the obstacles. First, there is the Christian/Israeli (Judaism) based nation. If you are not of either of these faiths, then you don't understand why they think and act the way they do. It seems crazy and self limiting with no visible successful future.

Some would say it's crazy to follow a God you can't see, hear, touch, feel, etc. That's also why most people ignore the notion that the enemy of the world is working on setting up his power base. I can't see or hear this enemy, so he can't possibly exist. I can't see or hear your brain, yet you have one that functions, so what pray tell is the difference?

Some say these faiths are self limiting because spend all their time telling everyone what they can't do, instead of what they can. The only reason anyone of these faiths has ever spent time telling people what they can't do is because they know for the most part it will endanger their faith and relationship with the Almighty. Granted, quite a few over history have taken it way to far, but this is the basic reason it happens. The problem is they spend too much time on the can't portion and ignore the can portion. The can portions are what get's God Almighty to bless us in more unimaginable ways than we can count to enrich our lives more than they ever have been. But they stay stuck on the can't part.

So the outsiders (Christians call them the lost) say there is no future in this faith because they don't see beyond their noses. All I can say is you haven't read and understood the book.

The rule of law

Nations that set up rules of law don't have to make new laws every day because the rules are established to start with. The biggest reason new laws need to be made up in these systems is that somebody figured out how to pervert the interpretation of the established laws in a new way not exploited before. Rules of law also prevent someone from coming along and completely changing how things work just because they don't like or agree with it. This has shown to be the most stable form of government yet (other than a theocracy that actually follows the Almighty).

Economic forces

Every nation has it's own economic system, whether it be similar to any other nation or not. Many work the same as they are modeled after other nation's systems because the people either like it or are experienced with it. As time progresses, different nations economies have been dominant over others as each nation grows and/or changes. One nation may flourish above all others for an extended period of time until someone comes into power than has learned to manipulate it to his liking and basically destroys it, then another pops up to take it's place.

In modern times, we still see this, even with many nations gathering their prospective economic forces to try to topple the dominant one, as is what is happening to the USA right now. It's no different than several nations getting their military forces together to try to eliminate a problem elsewhere. It's interesting how some would throw a fit and say how horrible war is, when the monetary wars are even bigger threats to their well being. After all, you can't conduct a war without the money to buy the war machine parts (nor can you defend yourself). So, why not go after the money?

Everybody hates being wrong. Most people don't really understand war. Is it pretty? No. Is it necessary? Yes. That's when most people who don't understand turn and run away screaming warmonger, killer etc. They're simply afraid they will find out they are wrong about their own beliefs and understanding.

Is the war the answer? Not all the time. Sometimes, there will be reasonable parties involved that can sit at a table and actually make an agreement they'll stick to and all of us can take them at their word. How many times does that happen though? Not many, over the course of history. Usually, it may start out that way, but then somebody gets tired of the banter and starts killing things and the next thing you know, all out war breaks out.

It's basically understanding that if you want to teach the bully a lesson he'll truly understand, you kick his butt.

The easiest to understand example is this: since the rest of the world has been unable to kick the butt of uncle sam, then they go after his money.

Protection

What is your best bet against loss/failure in our economy up until now? Insurance. Insurance is one of the double edge swords we all must deal with. It's great to have in case of a severe loss, but it doesn't stop the loss, it only attempts to aid in the recovery of the loss. On the other hand, insurance is simply you betting against yourself.

You buy a life insurance policy. It has all sorts of "if" "ands" and "but" clauses, but essentially, you're betting the insurance company you'll die before they say you will. You essentially are saying I'll give you so much money every so often and if I live past this point, you give it back. If I don't, then give somebody else a bigger pile of it.

Auto policies are a bit different as you're paying them up front to help you pay later on for a loss. Since insurance companies have been in business for longer than you've been alive, they've been able to take money, invest it, and earn much more in return. When you pay for your policy, they put the money in these investments and may have to use some of their returns to pay for your accidents.

How do nations get insurance? Mainly, they pay for it. They may pay larger nations, or invest in large military organizations, but they pay. There are some nations that are large enough to be benevolent to smaller nations and offer protection to them simply because they like the smaller guy and wish to give him a fighting chance at survival or maybe they get a price break on raw materials, etc.

So, a large nation gives a small nation protection, much like insurance companies do your car. The small nation may not have to fork out as much money as say a mid size nation does and the mid size one gets jealous. He gets a lot of other nations to join him in his jealousy. Next thing you know, all these other nations jump on the big nation all because someone else was selfish. Millions upon millions of people die for this throughout history. Sounds really like we're a smart bunch, eh?

Perspective

In order to begin to understand where I'm going, you must understand right from wrong. To do this, you must be able to discern good from evil and the inherent differences. Not being able to do this will disable your ability to make sense of this.

How have seemingly Christian and Israeli nations failed to understand this? They start out with the right intent, then the next thing you know you have things like the Spanish Inquisition. It gets out of hand because someone perverts the original intent of the structure, all in the name of God. Then everyone else holds it against them for way too many generations, all the while someone else is setting things up to do the same thing.

This is how dictators come to power. Someone figures out how to pervert the system they live with just enough to disrupt things until chaos results. Then they or someone else jumps in to "save the day", only to really take charge for their own result. Then the next thing you know, they're in charge. They do away with all the old rules because they apparently didn't work anyway. So at that point, anyone left standing is subject to the new rules and you either change or die.

How do you get insurance against this? Okay, you're a resident of some small island in the south pacific and one particular guy in the military convinces enough of his fellow militia-mates he's better suited to run things and he takes over with the backing and protection of his mates. He changes the rules and he's set for life, or until somebody bigger and meaner comes along. Enter the insurance policy nation who comes to clean up. War ensues and the bad guys usually leave or die, unless the insurance policy nation gives up or changes it mind (loses it's resolve).

Where do we go from here?

So, when the biggest insurance policy nation in history goes down, who will save the day? Who will stop a dictator from taking over?

The answer is nobody. At least from an earthly perspective.

The United States of America has been the biggest insurance policy nation in history ever. We've not exploited it to take over other nations. Every time we've gotten involved, we've trained them and backed them until they were able to exist on their own. At least until the Vietnam war. We stopped the aggressors, trained them and set them up to be on their own, and then jerked the rug out from under them. That in turn allowed the previously defeated aggressors to overrun them within a matter of hours.

This wasn't how it used to be. Take WW2 for example. Yes, we invaded a lot of countries, but we eventually left each one intact and able to stand on it's own. And they have all benefited and flourished because of it. One of the aggressor nations top leaders was asked if they would have invaded the USA during the war and he said no because there was a gun behind every blade of grass. They would not have survived.

But for some reason during the Vietnam war, powerful people in our nation sided with the aggressors and began to say we were the bad guys doing atrocious things and eventually spineless leaders here gave up and left them (the south Vietnamese) to die. It showed 2 things about these powerful people. They cared more about their political ideals than people and it showed they hated their country by literally stabbing it and the ones we were trying to help in the back.

History

Now, in any given society and time, there is always trouble makers. Somebody is always trying to stir things up. But this time, it's not the same. The aggressor is playing for keeps and we will all lose this time. There are no other insurance nations to bail out the unfortunate ones. This is it.

The forces that be have been tearing down the USA for a long time, crumb by crumb. Now, they're able to take large chunks down at a time. Look what has happened in the last 6 months. The government has taken over the economy and the financial institutions that keep it running. They are taking over the large manufacturing companies that have made us strong and benevolent.

There are few things left that are not under the control of the government here any more. Some of those key elements are your faith, your own personal economy, your insurance (or protection) and ultimately your freedom of choice.

Your faith is your most powerful resource. It conducts your path, your decisions and actions. It's what guides you. Your personal economy is your ability to make money. Money is the tool you use to get things done. Your protection is what keeps you breathing and able to function. Without protection, you're vulnerable to attack. Your freedom of choice is what allows you and only you to make the best decision possible.

Take those away and you are left with fear. No hope, no future, no direction. Just plain empty fear.

Your money is worthless, your food is gone, water is bad and your guns are destroyed. What to do, what to do....

Enter the one world government.

The one world government will disguise itself as your insurance policy against fear. You will no longer have to fear aggression, lack of sustenance, or any other thing because this big brother will be just that. Your protective and providing big brother.

He will subdue your fear, feed you, clothe you, house you, employ you and you'll be all happy inside again. Time will pass, then you'll learn that the choices you once had are gone. Your treasures are gone or worthless. You'll lose sight of your memories, then your hope will be fading and then you'll begin to ask yourself who will protect me from my big brother because he's beginning to look like he has ulterior motives. Your best interests are your big brother's least.

He will even provide you with a new faith that doesn't seem to have any value other than making sure you praise big brother.

You'll begin to notice that even though big brother has assured you that aggression is no longer an activity tolerated, he is now the biggest purveyor of it. He will exert horrible aggression against anyone simply questioning his actions and motives.

What will you do? Who will protect you from him? How will you ever be delivered from this oppression? Suddenly, the fear is greater than it ever was.

What will you do?

It will be at this point, you will remember this: I have the answer. You will begin to cry out who can rescue me, who can overcome my big brother? But your problem will be compounded by the surrounding situation.

Your faith will no longer be guiding your actions, your fear will be doing that. We're all afraid of pain and of dying and those will be the biggest tools in the big brother toolbox. If you begin to work on your faith now, you will not have to experience this fear.

The only way you will overcome this is by preparing now. You can begin to stock up on water, food, fuel, guns, but they will not prevail this far. Big brother will see to it that you don't have those luxuries and protections. The only thing left will be your faith and that faith will be in the One omnipotent almighty Jehovah God. He will be the one who will be able to be your insurance policy against an evil big brother.

My point exactly

But be warned, your faith will be in the direct line of fire of this big brother entity. It already is. He has managed to divide the faithful up throughout time. Look at all the different denominations that has sprung out of Christianity alone. There's too many to count. He's got us arguing about what the word of God means rather than living and practicing by it.

We now have a person in the head chair of our nation who has expressed disdain for the Christian faith (he's accused us of clinging to our bibles and guns). He has expressed his desire and intention to enable and monetarily support things that are diametrically opposed to the Christian and Judaism's faith. (abortion) He actually went on a world tour in the last couple of weeks to explain to all the other nations of the world that we are no longer a Christian nation. (He just didn't bother to ask anyone else)

What are we doing about this? Why, we're cheering him along! I lost a dear friend this week because of this. I had asked them to send an email to the president asking him to reconsider his words of disdain for the TEA party participants where he simply mocked them instead of listened to them. Because of this, my friend told me I was "being mean and they didn't want to hear my political b.s. and that it was nice knowing me". All because the enemy has managed to fool more people than we can imagine, and especially my friend.

The USA is headed down a slope they may never return from if they don't wise up and return to their Christian heritage. We have to return to honoring God and putting his kingdom ahead of ours. We have to praise Him instead of mocking Him. If we don't, there are no insurance nations left to deliver us. We're on our own, and that is truly a scary place to be without the Lord God Almighty on our side.

Is He on yours? I encourage you to ask how to get Him there!

Sunday go to meetin'

What do you consider appropriate dress for church on Sunday? Suit & tie, jeans & t-shirt, best dress in the closet? Well, whatever you wear, the 2nd most important item you should consider matching up with your clothing is your holster. (The first better be your bible!)

That's right! If we're going to be called small towners that cling to our bibles & guns, well, we better start looking the part!!

Turns out, at least according to this particular article, there's a verse in the bible that makes it kinda import to not only cling to that bible, but also to your gun. I LIKE this Christianity thing!!!!

God is great! 2

Praise the Lord, dad is back home from the nursing home and doing very well! A week ago, we were concerned that he wasn't going to be able to come home, but he has been doing really well with his rehab and was able to come home Sunday. We're all very happy and relieved that he's back home.

Belated merry Christmas happy new year to ya!

I have been busy over the Christmas & new year's holidays. You know, the typical things....work here and there, work at home, bad weather, etc etc.

But the worst part was my dad fell and broke his leg 2 days before Christmas in an ice storm. Everyone was worried he broke his hip, but turned out he broke the leg bone a couple inches below the hip socket. Still painful and a lot of rehab and healing has to proceed, but at least it's more easily overcame than the hip getting broken.

So, if you get a chance say a prayer for him to be healed quickly and to keep his perseverance. Thanks and God bless you!

Keeping the Sabbath holy

There is another blogsite I read that is really entertaining and recently there was a post [language warning] that caused a stir about Obama's birth certificate. Apparently the writer doesn't think the fuss over the birth certificate is worthwhile, while others disagreed (including myself). But that's not what I was intending on writing about. What got me to write this was one of the writer's replies to a reader post was:

[I've never met a Christian who keeps the Sabbath Day (Saturday) holy. -Ed.]

My first response is me niether, but it's not from lack of trying.

My next response to anyone who asks this is "how do you keep the sabbath holy?" This is mandatory information for the rest of the conversation because it determines whether or not you have an understanding of what it means to keep it holy. Do you try to keep your sabbath holy, or just use the excuse that others don't, so why should I?

I'm going to try to make a simple explanation, mostly because that's what it takes for me to understand these things. I hope this isn't too long winded...

If you're going to nitpik the "sabbath" part, I guess you have to look at it from at least 3 points of view, and maybe even more. Are you looking at it from a Hebrew, Catholic or Christian point of view? For Catholics, it's Saturday. For Christians, it's Sunday. I think Hebrews still view Saturday as the Sabbath, but I could be wrong. With the Hebrews & Catholics, the sabbath day was on the 7th day of the week, (or from the Roman calendar) Saturday. The reason I'm not sure about the Hebrew day is I don't know how their days of the week line up with the calendar we use now.

The Christians do the sabbath on Sunday. Sunday has been traditionally the first day of the week. Why would this day be set as a sabbath instead of using the last day of the week, like the others do? Didn't God rest on the last day of the week? Aren't we supposed to be like God?

I've always felt it had to do with the reason Cain killed Abel. He was jealous over God's acceptance of Able's sacrifice and not Cain's. Cain was a plant farmer and Abel was an animal farmer. The problem occurred when Abel brought the firstlings of his flock. Cain had only brought some of his fruit in. I've heard arguments that fruit and vegetable offerings weren't up to par for God's requirements, but that's wrong.

I emphasized the word in the passage that is the reason Cain's offering was inadequate. He didn't bring of the first fruits, he only brought some of the surplus. Why is this important?

It shows God that Abel recognized Who gave him the flock to begin with and by offering up the first new members of the flock, God is pleased and blesses Abel with more in the flock. We, in our greed, look at the first fruit of the herd as the first chance to start making back a little of the fortune we have invested in the herd to begin with. We don't account for God's hand in the mix and don't give him back that first part for His blessing.

Based on this, Christians start the first day of the week off by offering praise (church service). But if you're serious about it, that's only the tip of the iceberg. (I won't go into them, but here are a couple more to make you think...tithing and time. Do you give them back to God?)

Let me put it this way: If you start your day with praise and prayer to the Lord, then you are making every day a sabbath day to God. By offering the first fruits of your day (your thoughts, your actions, your words) to God, then God will in turn bless you throughout the day in return. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we shouldn't be offering up praise on Saturday evening. We're supposed to praise the Lord constantly.

Some would like to use the excuse of "we're not to work on the sabbath" but then we spend the day watching football. Technically, if you want to nitpik, you're making the football team, the tv crews, security teams, food vendors and others all sin, if that's the case. So you're not helping your case at all with that argument.

If you want to pick any day and determine that you must keep it holy, then we'll all have to be praying that you make it through the day. I believe it is physically impossible to keep any day holy by strict biblical definition. That's why I am so glad I have a Savior who covers my sin by grace and the power of His blood. But that is not an excuse to not to try to keep a day holy.

In reality, every day is a gift from God. Look at Matthew 6:11. It says "Give us this day, our daily bread." Everyone pretty much agrees this means we're asking God to provide us with our daily bread (food/income/health/etc). But what did He have to give us before that? The day. So, every day is a gift from God.

I try to keep all my days for God, not just one of them. For every day is a gift that I must praise and thank Him for.

Human Nature: FAIL

Recently, the Cincinnati zoo and the creation museum made a deal up to get visitors to both attractions to offer a discount if you bought tickets as a package deal.

Having been to both sites, I can definitely recommend going to the creation museum. I used to be able to recommend the zoo, but their spineless back has a tendency to make me cringe at the thought of having to walk on their premises. (If you haven't been to the Cincinnati area and visited the creation museum, then take the time. It is a visit you will never forget.)

After only 3 days, the zoo buckled to pressure from idiots not even in the area. I am appalled that these people are so intolerant of Christians that they threaten the zoo.

Most Christians let it go in one ear and out the next, which I guess we are supposed to do to show the love of Jesus. However, there will come a day when Jesus love will turn to anger. (read up on it in the book of Revelation).

Just words....

I wrote this and sent it to my address book just prior to the election and decided that I would like for anyone to be able to read it, should we get the opportunity to vote freely again soon...
R

Proverbs 24:21-22 says: (Revised New American Standard)

²¹My son, fear the LORD and the king;
Do not associate with those who are given to change,
²²For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?

Have you read that scripture lately? What does "given to change" mean? I believe it means change for the sake of change. Don't you find it interesting that the bible has pointed out change, but hasn't said what kind of change? It surely sounds like change with no reasoning (or substance).

Heard any political campaigns that have been preaching that lately? Seen any politicians on a certain presidential campaign ticket that has that word (change) plastered all over his podium and half the signs carried by his followers? (Large hint: I'm speaking about the Obama campaign).

Don't be fooled by his eloquent words. One particular presidential campaigner said this (referring to some of the more eloquent speeches given by current and some past candidates): "They're just words, just words." Interestingly enough, the person that said that was Obama.

I just gave you a biblical reason not to vote for him. If that's not enough, consider the fact that he has no experience and more importantly, absolutely no track record to determine what he really will do once in office. He has.......just words.

Jesus said in Matthew 7:20:
So then, you will know them by their fruits.

If you're interested, the amplified bible has an fascinating version of the above scripture:

²¹My son, [reverently] fear the Lord and the king, and do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary],

²²For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the punishment and ruin which both [the Lord and the king] will bring upon [the rebellious]?

Do I think we need change in our government? You bet I do. I doubt you could find a single American that doesn't think it needs to change. But the change it needs, is to go back to what our forefathers envisioned, not an even bigger version of this over sized gorilla it has become... We're a nation that is running away from God and His principles. If we don't return, we're in big trouble. (Why I included the 2nd verse)

I'm Ricky and I pray you'll understand this message.
God bless you and thank you for your time.

Why vote

I posted this on myfamily.com a few weeks before the election to some of my friends that had a site set up on there and didn't think to publish on here, but if you read it and come up to another election time, you should at least consider these thoughts. Christians need to be doing this regularly for every election. We've become so complacent that the leftists have almost completely taken over the government. We can't let this continue....
R

Update 11-14-08:
I'm not a catholic, but I am Christian and I pray this priest is protected by God.



As promised, I thought I'd give you a heads up on it this time. My church is going to have a congregation wide fasting & prayer event from sundown til sundown starting Monday before elections and to continue thru the rest of election day. Please join us. Please ask your church pastor to have your church do the same.

Recently, I replied to someone's posting on here that fueled a bit of political debate and if I offended, I apologize. I truly believe this is the most critical election this nation has ever had (at least in my short 49+ years here). If we don't return to God and repent of our wickedness, we'll perish just like every other nation in history. I shudder and weep at that thought alone. Every election will become more critical until we either repent or perish....it's that simple.

In some of the elections we have prayed and fasted as a church entity and when we do, God performs miracles in the election booth. People's eyes & hearts are opened to the real issues facing them and our nation.

I will and do pray that people will be elected to all seats of government from the top down that will preserve and protect human life from conception and will not trample the rights and beliefs of Christians and Godly people. I will pray that all those seats will be filled with people who will protect this nation from all forms of tyranny, inside and out.

I will and do pray that both major political parties will be pressured from God to return to our God fearing roots. Those roots have been brutally ripped from our schools and now they are in utter chaos. It's being ripped from the very halls of justice in this country and soon justice will be in utter chaos if we don't stop.

I will and do pray that those elected will return God fearing judges who will make rulings based on law, not based on feelings or other nations laws.

Ultimately, I will and do pray that the eyes of the people will be opened to just how wrong it is to turn their back on God and their forefathers. For some reason, it's became ok to ignore history and then to rewrite it and not include God or His almighty influence on our very existence. I know it's cliche, but what would Jesus do? Would He vote for someone that is pro-abortion?

For anyone who might be really disappointed by the current crop of candidates as I am, I must tell you this. I recently learned that not voting is the same as voting in one aspect. By not voting, you have approved of the winning candidate. I must warn you.....God will hold you accountable for that.

You see, up until recently, I had decided that for the first time since I turned 18, I was not going to vote in this election for president because neither candidate was a great choice. I had always believed that God would hold me accountable for voting for the likes of someone that might have had a really wrong idea on a major issue. Both of these candidates fit that bill in my head. But someone said something to me that made me get to thinking that if I don't vote and the worse of the 2 candidates gets in office, then I'm just as much responsible as the guys that vote for the bad one because I could have at least voted for the other guy and kept the worse of the 2 out of office.

That's where the saying (I can't remember who said it) all that evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing, or something to that affect. Good men must vote since we still are given the freedom to do so. Sometimes, we have to vote against something rather than for it. You've seen petitions on the ballot....like I'm for the tax or against the tax. This particular election to me is I must vote against a truly socialist agenda candidate.

Well, I hope you understand why I said these things and I pray that you will join me in fasting and prayer as well as voting for the proper candidates on election day. God bless you guys and have a wonderful day!!